APA Dictionary of Psychology

brain comparator

Updated on 04/19/2018
a theoretical structure in the brain that compares an intended movement with sensory feedback that results from the movement (see comparator). The cerebellum is believed to act as a brain comparator to coordinate and calibrate movements in response to visual and somatosensory feedback. See also corollary discharge.
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